When exercise = danger

Leah talks about a consent violation she experienced during medical care last year, and also shares her insights into her own fear around exercising. Leah begins by sharing about her quarantine weight gain, which led her to confront a lifetime's worth of avoidance issues around exercise — and an insight into how that mirrors the effects a negative body image had on safety in her sex Leah shares a traumatic memory of assault at age 12 at the hands of her father. Built-in responses to trauma complicate our culture's idea that pushing through weight loss difficulties is just about Early socialization and sexualization for those who grew up in girl bodies adds further trauma and mixed messaging. Leah talks about an experience of violation of consent during a visit to a new Boldly, she addresses it after the visit. Resources mentioned: Evelin Dacker's Good Girls Talk About Sex episode  Stand up to medical consent violations - www.leahcarey.com/medicalconsent   Update:  Since this episode was released, the podcast has concluded. Here's how you can find me now: Book a FREE no-pressure intro consultation Keep up to date and get your FREE Three-Minute Game All my classes and downloads are at my store Any audio extras for this episode on the Good Girls Talk About Sex website Here's everything I'm up to today I no longer use Patreon — you can now support my work on Substack   EPISODE CREDITS: Host / Producer – Leah Carey (email) Audio Editor – Gretchen Kilby Administrative Support - Lara O'Connor, Maria Franco Transcript creation – Jan Acielo Music – Nazar Rybak